Knockout : The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema.
Title:
Knockout : The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema.
Author:
Grindon, Leger.
ISBN:
9781604739893
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (284 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Why the Boxing Film? The Meaningful Structure of the Boxing Film Genre -- 2 Gangsters, Champions, and the History of the Boxing Film -- 3 "Down for the Count" Critique of the Success Ethic in the Boxing Film -- 4 "On the Ropes" The Conflict between Assimilation and the Indigenous Community -- 5 Romance and the Ring Gender Conflict in the Boxing Film -- 6 "Hitting Below the Belt" Violence, Suffering, and Male Emotion -- 7 Body and Soul The Conflict between the Flesh and the Spirit -- 8 Art and Genre in Raging Bull (1980) -- Epilogue: Into the Twenty-First Century -- Appendix I: Cycles/Clusters of the Boxing Film Genre -- Appendix II: Boxing Films Cited -- Works Cited -- Index.
Abstract:
Knockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema is the first book-length study of the Hollywood boxing film, a popular movie entertainment since the 1930s, that includes such classics as Million Dollar Baby , Rocky , and Raging.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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